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 Design-engine.com, a leading online publication focusing on innovation in the design industry, is now accepting entries for its third annual design competition. This year’s event is intended to showcase, in equal measure, photorealism and innovation in modern furniture design. Winners will be selected in several categories, including Best Plastic, Best Metal, Best Translucent, Best Fabric, plus Best Overall.
Here are just a few of this year’s prizes:
- Two round-trip tickets to London
- Haworth X 99 chair
- Steelcase Leap chair
- Various Nike wristwatches
- SURFACETOOLS.COM surfacing or rendering workshops
Any original computer-generated rendering of a product that enables someone to assume a seated or lounging position. The list includes not only outdoor furniture, sofas, lounges, and bar stools, but also less obvious items such as hot tubs (which let you lounge in a seated position). Products may be created using any design software, including Pro/ENGINEER, Vellum, Alias Studio, MAYA, and Autodesk Inventor.
Industrial designers, product designers, engineers, 3d illustrators, inventors, 3d artists, and students from anywhere in the world. This competition is also open to professional manufacturing and design firms, application engineers from software vendors, and to enthusiasts of environments, seating and furniture design. Members of sponsors’ or jurors’ companies are also eligible to win.
A prestigious panel of internationally recognized designers will judge the entries. Panel members include:
- Patrick Chia, Furniture Designer, Singapore
- Rob Curedale, Industrial Design, Professor College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Miles Hawley, Industrial Designer, PDD, London, England
- Ken Krayer, Director of Design, Haworth
- James Ludwig, Director of Design, Steelcase North America
- Tim Power, Furniture Designer, Italy
- Richard Smith, Industrial Designer, Seymourpowell London
- Marc Tanner, Industrial Designer, IDEO London
- William Taylor, ISDX Product Line Manager, Pro/ENGINEER-Wildfire, PTC
Just go to www.design-engine.com/competition/ and fill out the PDF forms. E-mail entries are accepted, but if you want your winning entry to be showcased at London’s 100% Design Furniture Fair, please include two 8 x 10 prints of your design mounted on foam core.
Entries must be postmarked by August 15, 2003, with the judging intended to coincide with London's 100% Design Furniture Fair (www.100percentdesign.co.uk) in September.
www.design-engine.com/competition/
Bart Brejcha
312.226.8339
brejcha@design-engine.com
A wireless handheld device that offers proprietary signature capture capability, an integrated printer, unparalleled encryption security and customized Web enabled business application interfaces. It is used for business applications and mobile payment processing.
Developed with Pro/ENGINEER & Alias Studio
Firm: M3 Design, Austin, TX
m3@m3designinc.com
To see more of the 2002 Photoreal winners, please visit www.design-engine.com/competition/photoreal2002.htm.
Next year, we are thinking about doing an international photoreal outdoor competition where we request submissions of outdoor recreation equipment such as kayaks, backpacks, tents, hiking boots. 
Bart Brejcha is owner of Design-engine.com, a Chicago-based company providing training and other resources for product designers. For more information, visit their web site at www.design-engine.com or send e-mail to Bart at brejcha@design-engine.com .
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